The Seeds of Discord

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After a several days of constantly running to the bathroom, Bailey was starving.

“I’m dying for some chili,” she said to Joey, leaning back against her chair and letting her head tilt as if she really were dying.

Joey, eager to please, jumped up and headed for the kitchen to make his beloved wife some chili. Tiffy had given him a few cooking tips, and though it took him all afternoon, he was rather proud of the finished product.

Joey makes dinner

Bailey jabbed her spoon into the chili and shoveled a good deal of it into her mouth, but chewed it thoroughly before speaking.

“So Joey, I’m going to need some maternity clothes soon…and we need to buy a crib…and a highchair…and a changing table…and I was thinking I really need to get my nails done one of these days…they’ve gotten seriously bad.” She held a hand up to the light and glowered at it.

Joey sat silent for a moment, making little divots in the chili with the edge of his spoon. Finally he spoke. “Bailey, we might have to cut back on some things. I’ve quit the car dealership.”

(Of course he had never really worked at a car dealership, but Bailey didn’t know that.)

Bailey’s eyes became two fiery coals. “WHAT?” she exclaimed.

“It’s all right, I have a new job. It’ll be much better in the long run, believe me. Those guys at the dealership, they were…they were complete jerks, you know?” Joey thought momentarily of Mr. Valentine, the crime boss, who had been his real employer. “My boss…he wasn’t a very good man.”

But Bailey was unmoved. “What’s your new job?” she asked in a cold, hard voice.

Joey tried not to wince. “I’ll be a mailroom technician at Moneywell.”

“A MAILROOM TECHNICIAN??” Bailey stared at Joey with a look of absolute disgust on her face. (Clearly she was unimpressed by the ‘technician’ bit in his new job title.) “Joey, what on earth were you thinking?” she cried. “You were making a ton of money selling cars. Now we’ll have nothing! How could you do this with a baby on the way, Joey? Our baby?”

He’s doing it FOR the baby! I wanted to yell. In fact, I did yell it, but no sound came out and no one saw me, so it was wasted energy. But then, everything was wasted on Bailey.

Joey explains to Bailey

“We’ll be fine,” Joey reassured his wife. “I have some money saved up, and Tiffy is letting us live here for practically nothing. She’s really happy about my new job. She knows it could be an even better opportunity for me. For us.”

Bailey just sat there, sulking. “She would be happy about it,” she muttered. “Tiffy never did think much of your selling cars. She doesn’t want you to be a success.”

“Well, I’m not going back to that car dealership,” Joey said, shaking his spoon at Bailey. “I’m going to work in the mailroom at Moneywell, and that’s final!”

For a moment it looked as if Bailey might nod in acceptance, but she was only bobbing her head in reaction to a sudden bout of nausea. In a flash she had left the table and was running for the bathroom. And I have to say, I don’t think this particular bit of nausea had anything to do with her pregnancy.

(to be continued!)

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33 thoughts on “The Seeds of Discord”

  1. Beautiful house as usual and I’m glad Maude’s back! I commented a few entries ago that I was close to getting bugs sorted out and starting a blog but there will be no such luck and now I have a bug with the screenshots on top of everything else so nevermind my blog idea. So, is the next post going to be about the Kilmans or something else? I’m sure it’s good, whatever it is!

  3. I vaguely remember this family. :3 But I do think you’ve gotten better at story telling. His wife seems edgy, eh?
    Don’t like her much.

  4. Wow, it’s so great to read about the Kilmans again. I remember their stories perfectly from way back when. The new house looks amazing, of course, and Bailey is still her stuck-up, good-for-nothing self. ;-) I’m glad you decided to continue these stories, Jen! Are you still planning on the college thing for Rory and Ferris? I must say, it’d be much easier now with University. ;-) I can’t wait to read about the other families in this saga!!

  5. I remember the Kilmans. I love Tiffy! I’m glad her brother is finally getting out of the crime business but I wonder if he’ll stay out with that nagging wife of his. I’m excited to see what happens to them. I’ve always loved Maude, she is so funny sometimes. Great writting Jen! I hope you are having fun. :) Oh yeah, and just like everyone else said…the new house does look so great! I’d love to live there. haha.

  6. Hey that title reminds me of Will and Grace last night xDD Um great update very very Kilman-ish. I was thinking he had killed off Bailey. I never did like her…or fortune sims.

    Good luck,
    Lindsey

  7. Fiiiinally you continued – so great to read about them! But, one suggestion – maybe a bit more pictures? But still, it was nice to meet old friends after all – keep going! Oh, and I finally found a weblog service that suits me, so maybe you would like to add my weblog to your links-list? That would be really nice :) – Thanks, Eva

  8. Hey guys! Thanks for the feedback. Maude was a little rusty but overjoyed to be telling stories again. ;-)

    Nita – I hope you can get your bug and blog issues worked out. I’d love to see your Sims. As for the next update, it’ll probably be Kilmans since I already have the pics ready, but I might do something else instead — who knows!

    Jessica – Unfortunately I can’t send Rory and Ferris to college — they became Adults before University was released. But that’s OK — I’m actually looking forward to bringing some new families into the fold!

    Eva M. – More pictures? LOL. I had about 30 pictures for this update, but it took me two days just to write the story for the measly 7 you saw in this update! (I had more explaining to do than I thought.) Yeah, Maude and I get too wordy sometimes. Next time, more pics, I promise!

    And your blog looks cool! I’ve added the link!

  9. I remember those times well, at the time i walked between your site and the site of Kara (Confessions of a simmer) unfortunately she not write in her site anymore.
    I like the Maude´s Tales very much it´s so cool back to the old times again.
    Keep going :)

  11. Yay Maude! Yay the Kilmans! Yay that house. I would live there if I could. Gorgeous! Boo Bailey. Boooo! :P

  12. I remember Confessions of a Simmer and Susana is right. This reminded me of her blog because Maude’s Tales were around the time of Kara’s blog. Confessions of a Simmer was the first blog I found and I miss it but I get to read great stories here. I do hope you’ll continue with Maude’s commentary. That’s all again.

  13. I miss Kara’s stories, too. I still check Confessions of a Simmer every few days hoping to see a new one! :-)

  15. Well i cant say that i remember Maudes tales.. ( Poor me). But i still like them alot. They seem quite interesting. IF only i had found your blog sooner :). And i also miss Confessions of a Simmer..She was the reason i found your blog. Can you believe that i dont miss the Braytons as much as i thought i would? Guess it is because you are wonderful at telling stories.
    -Eva

  16. I was wondering if you can make us a little tour for Mt. geneva, just a few pics for “kill” my curiosity, please?…Sorry i don´t mean to be abusive or boring you with that, but it will be nice to know the neighbourhood….But of course it´s your decision to do that.

  17. Maybe Maude’s Tale should be told. What I mean by that is that she should elaborate on how she died and how her life was. Of course we all know already that there are too many dead Shaneys enjoying the tiki bar above for Maude to have to put up with so that would explain in more detail why Maude spends her time spying on Mount Geneva. I’m on a roll with these stupid ideas!

  18. I managed to save my Sims, by the way! :D Found a save just before Kit was born, though I’ve still moved the whole family into a whole new neighbourhood just to make sure they’re safe from bugs.

  19. Oh, man, I missed Maude’s Tales! :D
    It’s a good thing Joey quit the “Car Dealership”. He seems like a fortune Sim, and the $175 difference between the top of the Criminal career track and the Business career track really adds up.
    Maude’s dislike of the Shanleys is kind of funny. Then again, they were edging her out, man! Out of the COMPETITION!
    Yes. They are racing.
    Go, speed racer go-o~!
    Ha! I will now do the rest of my comment in speed racer-style things! It will be someone resembling speed racer especially if you are to read it aloud in his voice! Ha! Ha!
    The house in which they are living is a nice looking house! It looks like it is a nice house to live in! Ha!
    Hey! Hey! They have a swing-bench on their house! It is a nice swing bench!
    The neener of Bailey is a neener that should never be neenered because it is not a nice thing to do to someone! Especially a someone who is your sister or sister in law! Law is helpful to make you feel justice sometimes!
    Ha ha! Maude is funny! She has a summer evening that is more sultry than a sultry singer who is sultry!
    …musically so!
    Hopefully Bailey does not have THE MYSTERIOUS DISEASE! It is so mysterious that it will kill you with its mystery! It is almost a butler mystery! *gasps and makes that /face/* :OOOOO
    ^^; Okay, done.

  20. Hey Jen – to tell the truth, I don’t miss the Braytons that much either, I guess it seems much harder for me to see that the Shanleys won’t be continued ;) – really! Thanks a lot for adding my blog – I had my first update just now, legacy challenge has begun! Oh ok, I see you are definitely a writer at heart, so I’ll simply be looking forward to more pictures in the next update *g*. Wish you a nice day :)

  21. Yay! Maude is back! I read her stories a looong time ago, before I even knew how to comment on a blog, and have read them through a few times. So glad that they are back.

    I have to say, I love susana’s idea, about giving a tour of Mt. Geneva. Id love to see how many families you have there, and how they are arranged and everything. I don’t know whether you’d like to show us, but I would love to see it. I can never manage with too many sims in one neighbourhood

  22. I’d love to give you guys a tour of Mt. Geneva, but I might I wait until I’ve introduced a couple more families for Maude’s Tales. Then you can see where they dwell in the neighborhood. I’m really looking forward to the Nightlife EP when we’ll be able to see our Sims’ neighbor houses WHILE we’re in our Sims’ lots! Isn’t that exciting? I’m probably more excited about that than I am about the cars and garages. ;-)

    BTW, I created my first Royal Kingdom Challenge family last night and built most of their house, using a real Victorian house plan. The finished result is a bit wonky-looking (we really need a variety of roof pitches!) but it was fun.

    PRMami – Thanks, and you’re right about Bailey!

    Eva – Thanks so much, I’m glad you’re enjoying my stories.

    susana – I guess I already answered your question about a tour, but hello anyway!

    Nita – I’ve thought about telling Maude’s tale, but I worry that it might be too tragic! Maude had a horrible life, you see. But who knows, maybe she’ll feel like talking about it one of these days…

    Kay – Yay! I’m glad you were able to save the Wintheres. I hope they like their new neighborhood. :-)

    Blu – LOL! Can you believe I’ve never watched Speed Racer? I know, I’m horribly deprived!

    Eva M – Actually, I haven’t given up the Shanleys completely — I just won’t tell stories about them as frequently, I don’t think. I really do want to reach 20th gen with them at some point!

    kath – Thanks! I like susana’s idea, too. :-)

  23. Well, I do miss the Braytons, but not nearly as much as I would have had you just stopped posting. And, I do love returning to Maude’s tales. I missed those while I was interested in the Braytons and Shanleys. So, even steven.

  24. What I like about these families is you get very attatched to them somehow. They aren’t even my sims, and they aren’t even real people, yet I care so much about what happens to them! lol

  26. Wow, thanks Jen :D I hope one day my blog will be as big and sucessful as yours. But thats a long way off lol :P

  28. Hey Jen, just quickly wanted to let you know that I changed my weblog provider and therefore the website address has changed too (I’ve linked it with my name) – could you please change the address in your links list? Thanks alot! Still, it looks the same, the only difference is that I finally have it in English and I have better facilities and more webspace :) – Greetings! Btw. the Morrigans are a lot of fun :)

  29. Hey Jen and everyone! I am happily annoucing the opening of my very new blog! I am just starting out, experiencing beginners difficulty, but I am liking it! Please come visit and hopefully comment. Eventually I’ll get around to linking people’s sites, so no offense if it is not up there for about a week…hehe, I’m slow, I know.

    the address is: http://vivissims.blogsome.com

    Enjoy!
    Oh, I await your next entry eagerly ;)

  30. Vivi! I followed your link and left a comment but I’m not sure if you got it. I know I’m not the one you intended to follow the link but I have to say that your blog is looking awesome.

  31. Thanks Nita! Of course I intended you to follow the link…everyone here is awesome and should do the same! I got your comment, but I had to moderate it. That is fixed now, and all the little bugs are slowly…well, debugging. I hope more people follow your shining example!
    Oh, and just a heads up, the pictures on my blog are fuzzy and taken long ago before my poor non-gaming computer got quite a bit upgraded. As the blog continues, the pictures get better.

  32. Awesome blog so far, Vivi! I left you a comment!

    As for my blog, my apologies for the delay in posting — I was nearly finished with the next Maude update when my brain got kidnapped by the Royal Kingdom Challenge. :-P

  33. Hehe, just wanted to let everyone know that the Lawler’s are updated. Thanks Jen! I really can’t wait till your next update.